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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
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Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 If you use temporary staffing firms to supply some of your personnel needs, you need to prepare for federal and some state government agencies scrutinizing your operation. This nationwide and state-level campaign targeting…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Under lobbying pressure from the elevator industry, Maryland has made it virtually illegal to use vertical reciprocating conveyors in warehouses and other industrial facilities. The state did this by placing VRCs within…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum June 11-13 2014, Radisson Blu Aqua, Chicago Dear ACWI Advance Reader, Gaining first-hand knowledge in logistics is key to staying on top of the industry. That’s why ACWI has…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 Confirmed by the Senate on April 28, Dr. David Weil became Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division of the when he squeaked by on a Senate confirmation vote of 51 votes.10 The Wage and Hour…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal appeals court ruling that limitation of cargo liability must be specifically included in the bill of lading governing the shipment, not just in the carrier’s tariff. “Carriers are…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 Late last year OSHA issued new “voluntary” standards for workplace chemical exposure instead of engaging in the time-consuming and bothersome notice-and-comment rulemaking process that is required when writing a new…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer, which is seen as a leading economic indicator, has reached its highest peak since March 2008. ACC noted that the unusually harsh winter skewed earlier data. It…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 Port labor and capacity issues threaten to create a miserable summer for importers. The biggest immediate concern is the June 30 expiration of the ILWU contract covering the West Coast ports from San Diego to Seattle.…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced plans to raise the liability insurance minimum for commercial trucks from the current $750,000 per truck, provoking both criticism and support from the trucking…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results – in Albert Einstein’s famous definition – then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should be seeking some serious…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Consumer sales have edged upward following severe winter weather that persisted through most of the nation, according to industry statistics. The National Retail Federation reported that March retail sales, (excluding…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Prism Team Services, an ACWI member company, has committed to providing support for the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. From its locations in Hayward, Sacramento, Stockton…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 989 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 If you use temporary staffing firms to supply some of your personnel needs, you need to prepare for federal and some state government agencies scrutinizing your operation. This nationwide and state-level campaign targeting…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Under lobbying pressure from the elevator industry, Maryland has made it virtually illegal to use vertical reciprocating conveyors in warehouses and other industrial facilities. The state did this by placing VRCs within…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum June 11-13 2014, Radisson Blu Aqua, Chicago Dear ACWI Advance Reader, Gaining first-hand knowledge in logistics is key to staying on top of the industry. That’s why ACWI has…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 Confirmed by the Senate on April 28, Dr. David Weil became Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division of the when he squeaked by on a Senate confirmation vote of 51 votes.10 The Wage and Hour…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal appeals court ruling that limitation of cargo liability must be specifically included in the bill of lading governing the shipment, not just in the carrier’s tariff. “Carriers are…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 Late last year OSHA issued new “voluntary” standards for workplace chemical exposure instead of engaging in the time-consuming and bothersome notice-and-comment rulemaking process that is required when writing a new…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer, which is seen as a leading economic indicator, has reached its highest peak since March 2008. ACC noted that the unusually harsh winter skewed earlier data. It…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 Port labor and capacity issues threaten to create a miserable summer for importers. The biggest immediate concern is the June 30 expiration of the ILWU contract covering the West Coast ports from San Diego to Seattle.…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced plans to raise the liability insurance minimum for commercial trucks from the current $750,000 per truck, provoking both criticism and support from the trucking…
Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15th, 2014 If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results – in Albert Einstein’s famous definition – then the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should be seeking some serious…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Consumer sales have edged upward following severe winter weather that persisted through most of the nation, according to industry statistics. The National Retail Federation reported that March retail sales, (excluding…
Volume 2, Issue 8 - April 30th, 2014 Prism Team Services, an ACWI member company, has committed to providing support for the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. From its locations in Hayward, Sacramento, Stockton…